2010 in Indian sports
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The 2010 in Indian sports was held across the Indian cities all through the season.
Events
[edit]- 13 January – Sri Lanka defeated India by 4 wickets in the final of the tri-series also involving Bangladesh.
- 17 January – India's Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to complete 13,000 runs in Test cricket, during the opening match against Bangladesh.
- 19 January – Controversy erupted after the Indian Premier League auction, when none of the franchises put forward a bid for any the eleven Pakistan players who were part of the auction list. The Pakistan Cricket Board later revoked the 'no objection certificate' given to its players to participate in IPL.
- 19 February – India drew the two test match series against South Africa 1–1, by winning the second test match.
- 24 February – India's Sachin Tendulkar became the first cricketer in the history of One Day International cricket to score a double century. He achieved this feet in the second ODI against South Africa. His score of 200* was also the highest ever individual score in an ODI innings beating the previous highest (194) jointly held by Zimbabwe's Charles Coventry and Pakistan's Saeed Anwar. His innings also included a record 25 fours, the highest ever hit in a single ODI innings.
- 17 April – Twin bombs injure eight people outside M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore ahead of an IPL-3 league game between the Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Mumbai Indians. A third device is located outside.[1][2]
- 25 April – Chennai Super Kings won the third season of the Indian Premier League.
- 21 May – A court restores the Indian Hockey Federation, two years after it was dissolved by the country's Olympic chiefs over bribery allegations and poor on-field results.[3][4]
Sports leagues in 2010
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Deaths
[edit]- 10 August – Leo Pinto, 96, field hockey player, Olympic gold medalist (1948). (b. 1914)
- 20 October – Parthasarathy Sharma, 62, Test cricketer (1974–1977)[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "2 blasts outside IPL venue in Bangalore, another bomb defused, show goes on". Indian Express. 18 April 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
- ^ "Bomb strikes IPL cricket match in Bangalore, police say". BBC. 17 April 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
- ^ "AFP: FHockey: Court restores India's sacked federation". Google. 21 May 2010. Archived from the original on May 24, 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ "Hockey battle resumes as IHF gets court lifeline". Hindustan Times. 21 May 2010. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ "Former India cricketer Parthasarthi Sharma dies". Cricinfo.com. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
